Band-cutter platform for thrashing-machines



(No Model.) A. B. LEEPER.

BAND CUTTER PLATPORM'FOR THRASHING MACHINES.

No. 402,258. v Patn tedApr. 30, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED B. LEEPER, OF OWANEOO, ILLINOIS.

BAND-CUTTER PLATFORM FOR THRASHING-MACH INES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,258, dated April30, 1889.

Application filed August 14, 1888- Serial No. 282,698. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. LEEPER, of Owaneco, in the county ofChristian and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedBand-Outter Platform for Thrashing- Machines, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in band cutter platforms forthrashing ma chines, and has for its object to provide a means whereby aplatform of simple and durable construction may be conveniently andexpeditiously attached to the wheel of the machine or the wagon carryingthe machine, whereby the person cutting the bands of the grain may beprovided with a firm and comfortable support.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

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' ticalsection on line 00 as of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention, A represents a truck upon which thethrashing-machine A is mounted, which truck is provided with suitableaxles and wheels, A mounted upon said axles. The platform B consists,preferably, of a rectangular body, B, which may consist of a singleboard or a number of boards attached together in any suitable manner.

Upon the bottom or under side of the body orplatform B two spacedtransverse bracebars or beams, O and O, are respectively secured. Thebeam or brace-bar O is provided upon the under face with a concaved orsemicircular recess, d, which recess is adapted to conform to thecontour of the wheel-tire.

Through the body, and also centrally through the recessed bar 0', aclamping-bolt,

d, is projected, the upper end whereof is threaded and provided with,anut, d the lower end being curved to form a hook, d adapted to engagethe wheel-felly, as shown in Fig. 2.

At or about the center of the cross bar or beam C a brace-bar, D, ishinged, adapted, when not in use, to fold up beneath the body paralleltherewith.

In operation the nut d of the clampingbolt d is loosened and thehook-shaped portion d of the said bolt is passed beneath the felly ofthe wheel adjacent to the feed-table D of the thrashing-machine, and theconcaved surface of the bar 0 is made to rest upon the upper surface ofthe wheel-tire, as best shown in Fig. 3, and the said beam is clamped tothe said wheel by screwing down the nut d? to a firm contact with theupper surface of the table. The outer end of the platform or body issupported through the medium of the hinged bar D, the free end of whichbar is made to rest upon the hub of the wheel and bear against one ofthe spokes secured therein. To that end the brace-bar D is preferablyprovided with a recess to accommodate the said spoke.

By the construction above described I provide a platform which may bequickly and firmly attached to one of the wheels of a thrashing-machinetruck.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An improvedplatform for attachment to the wheeled truck of athrashing-machine, the same consisting of the fiat body having near oneend a concavity adapted to fit the rim of a wheel, the hook shapedclampingbolt applied to such recessed end of the body, and a-brace-barhinged to the under side of said body near its outer end, substantiallyas shown and described.

ALFRED B. LEEPER. Witnesses:

FRANK WINTERS, MANSEL L. DANFORD.

